EPNS Sugar Scuttle
2 piece Electroplated Nickel Silver (EPNS) Sugar scuttle set composed
a. EPNS sugar scuttle with handle and pedestal base
b. EPNS scoop, which is a smaller version of the scuttle, that sits in a holder at the top of the inside of the scuttle
Modern electroplating was invented by Italian Luigi V Brugnatelli in 1805 but the invention was suppressed for many years due to the fear of confusion between plated silver and sterling silver. Electroplating became commonplace after makers agreed to use hall markings e.g. EPNS (Electro Plated Nickel Silver) / EPBM (Electro Plated Britania Metal) to indicate to composition of the metal and differentiate from sterling silver.
The Electroplating process is where a thin layer of sterling silver is deposited electrolytically on a surface of base metal like nickel or britannium (a pewter alloy).
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This item was donated by Hilda Lord, wife of Geoff Lord who was President of the Busselton Historical Society in 1975 and instrumental in establishing the Museum in the Old Butter Factory Museum.
The Lord family arrived in the Busselton area in 1922 as one of the original Group settlement families at Chapman Hill/ Walsall. The Group Settlement scheme was a Western Australian/ United Kingdom government migration scheme introduced in 1921, to provide a labour force to develop agricultural land in the South West region of Western Australia, reduce unemployment in the United Kingdom and reduce dependence on food imports from interstate. Members of the Lord family have been active community members in the Busselton region since they arrived in 1922.
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